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...started Aug. 25 after almost a year of delay—prosecutors and witnesses graphically described how Byrne punched Trombly in the face with closed fists, held him by the throat with one hand while striking him with the other and threw him across the room into a bench. Trombly??€™s jaw was broken in the incident, forcing him to eat through a straw for two weeks...
...Attorney’s Office also called upon four BPD officers who witnessed parts of Trombly??€™s arrest and beating to tell jurors of Byrne’s efforts in the ensuing weeks to persuade them to mislead federal investigators...
After a series of escalating confrontations between Byrne and several of Trombly??€™s friends on Sept. 7 and 8, 2001, Trombly was arrested for charges including assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest. All charges against him were dropped, but the BPD’s Anti-Corruption Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation soon began to examine Trombly??€™s allegations of abuse, producing a federal indictment in January 2002. Byrne has been suspended from active duty since October...
...Thomas J. Davis—a lifelong friend of Trombly??€™s who witnessed part of the beating and testified in court last week—said that his faith in public institutions has been shaken...
Several told of Byrne’s arrival outside Davis’ 2021 Commonwealth Ave. apartment the night before Trombly??€™s arrest, working overtime on a detail sponsored by BC to break up parties and discourage underage drinking...